19 killed in Peru in worst Shining Path attack in 10 years

LIMA: Shining Path guerrillas ambushed a military convoy in southern Peru, killing at least 12 soldiers and seven civilians in the bloodiest attack in a decade in a country still haunted by the Maoist group's brutal insurgency, the military said Friday. The ambush, which also wounded at least 11 people, occurred Thursday night against a convoy of four army trucks transporting troops and civilians near the Ene-Apurimac river valley in Huancavelica department, which is in the Andean mountains about 250 kilometers (155 miles) southeast of the capital Lima.... [read full story]                    

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